François Savoie Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Refugee Protection Division (RPD)

Ottawa, Canada Area

My practice covered a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions, and was mostly centred around advising a private equity-backed consolidator in the Canadian health-care industry on its continuous acquisitions.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Drafted and reviewed ancillary agreements and closing documents in majorproject financing, infrastructure, real estate and franchising transactions• Participated in various stages of complex procurement processes, includingRFQ/RFP development, proposal review and preferred proponent negotiations• Oversaw commercial and financial closings of multi-billion dollar P3infrastructure projects

Ottawa, Canada Area

Completed rotations in the three general practice areas of the Ottawa office: Business (including Regulatory), Litigation, and Employment & Labour.• Assisted lawyers with trial procedure;• Performed due diligence on a variety of transactions including Mergers & Acquisitions;• Argued an express motion before an Ontario Court of Justice Case Management Master;• Researched and wrote internal and external memos on various areas of the law.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Summer job with the Relationship Development Program• Designed a new reporting system in preventive mediation and grievance mediation;• Processed travel claims;• Drafted briefing notes;• Performed research in the industrial relations field.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Summer employment with the Industrial Relations Advisory Service• Performed research to support policy development;• Drafted case summaries for Unjust Dismissal decisions;• Performed legal research in Federal Court files;• Reorganized and renamed files in the unit’s shared drives;• Gained working knowledge of Parts I and III of the Canada Labour Code.

Beresford, Nb, Canada

Three summers working in my community's credit union.• Assisted members with their daily transactional needs;• Opened and closed accounts, took applications for Credit Cards and Loans under $10,000.00;• Offered international banking products such as Drafts, Wire Transfers and Currency Exchange.

Bathurst, Nb

Delivery Driver and Cashier at St-Hubert Restaurant. • Worked on the upwards of 60 hours per week following the Restaurant's Grand Opening;• Hired back the following summer.

Bathurst, Nb

The pinnacle of my career as a lifeguard • Managed a team of five lifeguards working in oceanic conditions;• Filled and reviewed incident reports and gave First Aid;• Completed an end-of-season report with statistics and recommendations for the following year.

Bathurst, Nb

My first entrance into the workforce• Held various positions between 2005 and 2010 such as Lifeguard, Swim Instructor and Supervisor;• Worked full-time during the summer and part-time during the school year.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Ottawa Law Review: Assistant editor (2015-16) ; Associate editor (2017-18)French common law program

International Exchange Program, Law

Fall term international exchange at the Buchman Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel (October 2016 to January 2017)

Honours B.Soc.Sc., International Studies And Modern Languages, Cum Laude

Specialization in Latin-American Comparative Politics, International Relations as well as Russian Language and Culture.

International Exchange Program, International Relations And Affairs

Russian Foreign Policy, Economics, History and Language. Full Year Abroad.

High School Diploma, Full Scientific Curriculum, With Honours

Activities and Societies: President of Student Representative Council (2008-2009)

Certificate, English Language

Activities and Societies: Explore Program